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catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited September 2006 in Other Music
41 shots
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41 shots
41 shots
41 shots and we'll take that ride
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Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets Charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll allways be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma you'll keep your hands in sight

Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
The secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots they cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life

Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
Ain't no secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets Charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma you'll keep your hands in sight

Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secretn get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret

41 shots and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots my boots caked in mud
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood

It ain't no secretIs it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
The secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

yet another stellar moment from springsteen.
there are a few songs that cut right through to my heart. this is one of them.
amadou diallo - feb 1999.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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Comments

  • Chris DodsonChris Dodson Posts: 40
    Incredible song . . . gives me chills every time.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    this song is pretty good live.

    i was at the very first show it was played live ( in NYC ) coincidentally enough.

    Droves of policemen in the audience booed and actually staged a walkout during the playing of the song.

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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Droves of policemen in the audience booed and actually staged a walkout during the playing of the song.

    .

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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    Such a powerful song and the live version kills.

    "We need some quiet."
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    A lot of live songs that aren't recorded in the studio for an album, I usually wish they were. This song is just perfect the way it is
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